What had been placed in front of him were two different puzzle pieces.

Each is incomplete, and each wants to know the whole.In the process of puzzles, I feel that some pieces have a sense of familiarity with each other, but I don't think deeply.

Until now.

Only now did he discover that they were actually two different parts of the same picture.

The whole picture suddenly became complete before my eyes, with terrifying clarity.The man on the screen stepped down, walked to his side, and walked into the world he was in.

Although the rain in this world is still flying down in a hurry, it is cold to the bone.

And they are under two different umbrellas.There is no intersection between umbrellas.

The 15-minute journey was surprisingly long, because neither of the two people started talking.

This kind of silence extends the wet asphalt road in front of me infinitely, twists and turns between the streets and alleys, as if there is no end to it.

On a rainy weekend, except for the stalls selling breakfast, many shops are still closed. The busy alleys on weekdays are deserted. Occasionally, one or two cars run over the puddles and make a creaking sound, and there are only two cars left. The sound of raindrops beating frequently on the umbrella.

Qi Jin walked ahead because he had to lead the way.

Shen Yan was obliquely behind him, silently following him all the way.

When Qi Jin involuntarily slowed down to see if he was still following, they would form a situation of walking side by side.At this time, Shen Yan would always slow down accordingly, making the two of them stagger their positions and return to the original distance.

The clinic had just opened, and there was no one in the waiting room, only a man who looked like a cleaner came out sleepily carrying a few garbage bags.

Qi Yu was asking the worker where the doctor was, but Shen Yan focused on the garbage bag that the worker had just brought out of the ward.Those were just ordinary small plastic bags, with different colors, and animal hair and blood stains could be seen faintly under the film, mixed with medical gloves.

He frowned slightly, and followed Qi Yu and the worker to the doctor's office.

The doctor who received them was the doctor who diagnosed Xiaoguiqi yesterday. He seemed to have woken up not long ago, his hair was half up, and his white coat was buttoned twice incorrectly.

When Qi Jin asked about the situation of the return period, he chuckled: "If you get cat plague, you need to be on the IV for at least a week, which is very early."

At this moment, Shen Yan who was standing by the side suddenly said, "Do you mind if we go and have a look at the kitten?"

The other party agreed: "Of course, of course. But the hospitalization will continue."

The doctor was selling to Qi Yu which imported medicine would be more effective, and at the same time led them to a narrow ward.After opening the door, there was a smell of animal excrement blowing in his face, Qi Zhi frowned slightly, and subconsciously covered his mouth and nose.However, Shen Yan had already gotten used to it and stepped into the house.

There are more than a dozen cages, large and small, in a ward of about nine square meters, and the small return period was transferred to one of them.

It was still covered with Qi Jin's small blanket, its eyes were closed, and it was sluggish. There was indeed a drip bottle hanging beside it, and it was connected to one of its front paws through a thin infusion tube.

Seeing this, Shen Yan's expression became serious, and he said in a deep voice, "Are you sure this kitten has cat plague?"

The doctor nodded: "Of course, the test strips and the white blood cell count have proved it."

Shen Yan looked straight over with stern eyes, which made the doctor feel a little apprehensive.Without saying a word, he walked to the cage first, observed the appearance of Xiaoguiqi, and then said: "This kitten looks at most two months old, and the antibodies brought from its mother are probably still there. The chance of plague is very small. Even if you do get it, not only do you not isolate it, but you also lock it in a room with other cats to cross-infect it—a big taboo for cat plague.”

This clinic does not even have a special medical garbage bag, and the inside is full of blood. The disinfection and cleaning work is obviously not up to standard, and the risk of infection is very high.

The words were so clear, the doctor finally realized that he was a colleague, and his face changed suddenly.

Qi Min was taken aback for a moment, then stared at the doctor all of a sudden, and asked coldly, "So you're lying to me?"

"You misunderstood, this cat really has feline plague!" The doctor looked at Qi Yu as the owner, stepped over quickly, and shouted excitedly, "Do you want to believe the laboratory report, or just one side of the story? What if the cat dies after being discharged from the hospital?" Now, who is responsible for this?"

In desperation, he actually started talking about Xiao Guiqi's life.

At this time, Shen Yan turned the body of the drip bottle and looked at the words on it with a frown: "Even the glucose and normal saline are expired. If you stay here, I'm afraid this kitten will die if it doesn't even get out of the hospital. "

Things have become very clear.

When Qi Jin heard the last few words in that sentence, his heart turned cold, and he couldn't help deeply regretting his mistake.

If he could have found a better rescue location for the short return date, it would not have suffered.If he... let go of his knots and went to see Shen Yan.

Amidst the debates among doctors and nurses, Qi Zhi resolutely chose to leave the hospital.

The doctor insisted that his diagnosis was not wrong, but he could not produce the blood test report and test strip results of the day, saying that he disposed of it after the examination.He couldn't even take away the basic data, and the money he had already paid was like buying a heavy lesson.

Xiao Guiqi, who had his needle pulled out, looked even more haggard than before he was sent to the hospital. The secretions from the corners of his eyes had stuck together, making him unable to open his eyes, and his limbs were hanging like collapsed.At his repeated request, the nurse reluctantly gave him two new disposable diapers and a disinfectant wipe.

Shen Yan sat silently by the side, and wiped the dirt around Xiao Guiqi's eyes and needles with a wet towel, and then wrapped it in two layers of diapers as a temporary warm thing.

After tossing the blanket overnight, it was stained with cat hair and excrement, and it may also be stained with bacteria from other cats.Seeing Shen Yan shaking his head slightly, Qi Yan threw away the blanket without hesitation, planning to buy a new clean and comfortable one for the little guy.

However, these atonement-like actions could not alleviate his self-blame.

Qi Jin hugged the little guy blankly, wrapped its small and thin body in her arms, lowered her head and pressed her cheek against its forehead.As if aware of his touch, a pair of cat ears trembled, and the slender fluff tickled his face.

"Sorry……"

He turned his face sideways, and murmured with his lips almost in the little guy's ear.

Xiao Guiqi seemed to hear the pain in his voice, his ears stood up, his little head moved, his eyes opened a crack, and he gave two extremely weak "meows".

"I'll do it." Shen Yan whispered from a close distance.

Qi Jin nodded lightly with her bowed head, but she was still reluctant to let go, and hugged for a while before slowly handing it over.

They were about to leave the clinic, but Qi Jin was injured and had trouble moving. It was very difficult to go out with a cat on a rainy day.He understood that Shen Yan was being considerate of himself, and his aggravated heart was slowly ironed out by those three words.

Shen Yan still opened the umbrella for him first, and then opened the umbrella to go out together.

The rain outside has lightened slightly, but the sky is still gloomy. The passing vehicles on the road have turned on their headlights, illuminating the rainwater road surface brightly.

"You can't take the subway or bus with a cat, just take a taxi."

Shen Yan didn't say where she was going, but Qi Yu knew it very well.

It's not that he didn't think that he might return to that hospital one day, but he didn't expect that it would be so soon, let alone that the doctor himself would come to pick him up.

Call a taxi and head to the north of the city.

Qi Jin walked towards the rear door, and was about to temporarily put down his umbrella to pull the wrench, when Shen Yan suddenly leaned over without a sound, and stretched out his hand to open the door for him.

Qi Min was taken aback for a moment, rubbing her fingers against the handle of the umbrella: "...Thank you."

At this time, the man's hand was less than an inch away from his hand. When he subconsciously let go, he took the umbrella handle without any trace and held it for him.The rain fell one after another, and none of it hit him.

"Get in the car first, and I'll collect the umbrella."

"Thank you." The word was repeated mechanically.He didn't know what else to say, how to say it.

It wasn't until he sat in the car that Shen Yan put away the umbrella, walked around to the other side, and sat in the back seat of the taxi with him.

From here to the north of the city, it usually takes 10 to [-] minutes to walk. In rainy weather, the road is slippery, and taxi drivers dare not drive too fast.If there is a traffic jam on the way, it is estimated that there will be a longer delay.

Perhaps it was because he was hugged so comfortably along the way, he twisted twice, staggered to the ground and got up.

First, he opened his eyes and looked at the strange man in front of him in a daze.

Seeing that it woke up, Shen Yan didn't do anything else, just put his thumb against its ear socket, and put the remaining four fingers gently on the top of its head, stroking the fur there patiently over and over again.

Xiaoguiqi's initial reaction was a little wary, and he struggled for a moment when the hand fell, and was frightened about yesterday.But after a long period of grooming, its slightly bristling hair softened, and the tip of its tail found a comfortable angle. It raised its head and rubbed against the opponent's palm a few times, then lay down and continued to doze off.

——It seems that the little guy has adapted to Shen Yan.

"How is the kitten?" The two were sitting next to each other, and this was the first time that Qi Zhi spoke on his own initiative.His mood was much calmer than in the morning, and his voice no longer trembled.It's just that in front of Shen Yan, it's still a little awkward.

"Still having a fever, but the current condition is stable. The rest depends on the test results." Shen Yan's answer was also a little bit astringent.

Qi Yu could hear it.

Just because I can hear it, the bitterness in my heart will be like a drop of ink falling on the rice paper, gradually smearing, and the more it spreads, the bigger it gets.He knew he didn't want this kind of embarrassment.

Obviously until the moment before the umbrella was opened, they were still greeting each other like old friends.

Obviously until last night, they were still chatting and talking naturally.

Obviously... once laughed heartily in front of him.

I don't want to be as speechless as I am now.

"It's called return date." When he spoke again, he felt the other party's gaze cast towards him.

The time the gaze stays is as short as the time he pauses.

"The little guy's name." Qi Yu added.He tried his best to make himself sound as calm and gentle as he used to chat, "I didn't think about it when I picked it up, so I used the last two words of my ID."

"Return date." Shen Yan repeated in a low voice.

It sounded like he was calling himself.Qi Jin felt a little uncomfortable, and reminded him friendly: "You can... add a word 'small' in front of it."

Speaking of which, the person sitting next to him seemed to smile.

With a very light laugh, Qi Yu felt that the air in the car was flowing more naturally.

"Would you like to touch the little return date to comfort it?" Shen Yan asked.

Qi Min let out a "hmm", thinking that Shen Yan was going to hand the little guy back to him to hold, but he didn't move, but let go of his hand from the top of the cat's head to make room for it.They were sitting very close to each other, and Qi Yu was sitting on his left hand side, so it was really only necessary to reach out a little to touch them.

- Just touch it lightly.Qi Yu thought so.

He stretched out his hand, crossed the distance between the two, and finally touched Xiao Guiqi's head.The fluffy, soft and smooth fur is very comfortable against the fingers.

Little Guiqi probably smelled his master's breath, turned over in a jerk, raised his head to lick his palm.Qi Li was amused by it and smiled slightly, and was about to pinch its ears and rub the area on top of its forehead, but unexpectedly, the little guy's two front paws were clamped to the left and right, and the few fingers that hugged him were not enough. Willing to let go.

Qi Xun was startled, and wanted to slowly withdraw his hand.

But Xiao Guiqi cried out in a desolate way, which made his heart and fingers go limp, so he had to keep his hands.

However, the place where the cat was lying was Shen Yan's chest.

As soon as Qi Jin let go of her hand, the back of her hand couldn't help but gently pressed against it.

Originally wanted to back off a bit, but Xiao Guiqi's whole body was pressed against him, his fingers were pressed down and he couldn't move.He slightly adjusted his sitting posture to a more natural state, but the effect was not great, and the weight of half of his arm still fell on that person's arms.

"Sorry, that..."

"fine."

An unexpected touch, only used six words and hastily conveyed it.

It's all your fault.Qi Jin pinched Xiao Guiqi's meat pad with a wry smile, Xiao Guiqi was stunned and completely confused, so seeing his master pinching it, his two paws clenched even tighter.

In this case, Qi Jin tried to start touching it lightly.

The range of motion of the fingers was limited, and they could only touch the little guy's neck at most, so he scratched the chin with two fingers.The cat especially likes to be touched by people, and is completely obedient and let him play with it.

It's just that every time he made a movement, the back of his hand would brush against Shen Yan's clothes.

Because he gave him the jacket, Shen Yan was only wearing a long-sleeved shirt, and the body temperature could easily be transmitted through only a layer of fabric.

So slow down—

Just slow down, not stop.

Qi Jin felt that she had made a rather poor excuse to let her own selfishness go.

He was used to Yan Beixiang's voice and Shen Yan's person appearing at the same time, the boundary between the two impressions began to blur, and he could no longer tell who was who.

In this small compartment, it felt closer to him than under that roof.

In other words, it is not that the physical distance has shortened.It was the desire to get closer that became clear.

Although he didn't know what the consequences would be, he had plenty of excuses to use.For example, the coldness of the rain, the warmth of the other party, and the shortness of half an hour in the car.

Another example is that he has not recovered from his illness.

Qi Jin felt a little dizzy, which he attributed to another excuse.

It's normal to have fever symptoms, isn't it?

He leaned back on the seat, feeling that he was about to faint, he couldn't help closing his eyes and pausing his thinking.

The warmth from the back of the hand is like an anesthetic, and the body becomes numb from there, probably even the throat cannot be spared, so the breathing is a little uncontrollable and a little short.

In order to wake himself up a little bit, he opened his eyes again.

The line of sight just fell on the rearview mirror in the car, and the people around him could be seen.The people around him probably could also see him, because the eyes of the two happened to meet in the mirror.

Qi Yu was startled.

Subconsciously let go of the kitten, and pulled it out from Shen Yan's body!

Before it could be fully retracted, Shen Yan's hand suddenly lifted and firmly grasped his hand in mid-air.

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